Beluga is a Russian vodka brand that was founded in 2002. Vodka was launched by the Mariinsk distillery in Siberia, Russia. The distillery was founded already in the 19th century and is located in the city with the same name, Mariinsky. Beluga is classified as ultra-premium class vodka and has achieved…
Estonian flagship vodka Viru Valge has also a series of flavored vodkas and already a few of them have been covered in this blog. Now it's the turn of plum vodka, which was released in the summer of 2023. As far as I know, Liviko is currently the only Estonian producer…
Viru Valge is the flagship product of Estonian Liviko Distillery and one of the oldest alcohol brands still in production. Nowadays the raw material for Viru Valge comes from Latvia, where Liviko delivers grain grown in Estonia. So, in terms of its raw material, it could be said that it is…
The most special product of the Ukrainian Mernaya vodka brand is Na Moloke (on milk), which means milk purification, or milk filtration. Milk has been used in Ukraine for a couple of hundred years to purify vodka. Mernaya does the filtering by keeping the spirit in a tank for 21 days…
Mernaya (МѢрная) is a traditional Ukrainian vodka. The name Mernaya means measure, so could it be loosely translated as "measure of quality"? Mernaya Tradition is made from wheat, filtered through a silver ion process and softened with glucose and honey. Mernaya is one of the most popular vodkas in the Baltic…
Lithuanian alcohol company Stumbras has at least two different vodka brands; own Stumbras and Lithuanian Vodka. With this brand, the company releases various flavored vodkas. Quince is a fruit that grows widely in the Baltics and is called the "Lithuanian lemon" because of its sour and bitter taste. Flavored vodka is…
Nemiroff is a well-known Ukrainian vodka and has been featured several times on this blog. Delikat is 100% wheat base vodka. It has been distilled 9 times and a touch of ginger has been added at the end of the production to give it a spicy note. Nowadays Delikat is in…
Nipernaadi was a popular road movie in Estonia at the 80’s and it gave the name to this cranberry vodka made by Lithuanian alcohol company Stumbras. It’s made by rectified spirit, cranberry juice and a slight amount of sugar. A 20cl bottle costs 3.99€. Ethanol clearly comes through, of course there…
Nemiroff's premium class vodka is packaged in a classier bottle. The content itself has also gone through a special post-processing for a cleaner end result. Vodka is made from triple-distilled rectified spirit and has gone through a 10-stage filtration process after distillation. After this, it was still brightened with the factory's…
Nemiroff is one of the most famous Ukrainian vodka brands. The vodka producer from the city of Nemyriv has invested a lot in exports and has grown into one of the world's top 10 vodka brands. Birch leaves have been one of the vodka flavoring in Eastern Europe for centuries. Nemiroff…